1902-10-23; Clare Sentinel

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Ladies', Misses' ani Children's Jackets
A new and beautiful line, embracing the newest thing
out in Monte -Carlos, style same as illustration. We can
certainly save you money. All new garments. (Jail and
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Do you want a
Carpet, Bug, Linoleum, or Extra Size Curtains?
We are ready to save you about 25 per cent on this line.
We have exclusive agency for the largest Carpet and Curtain house in America. .
Just received   |j
a line of
New Style Kilt Skirts for Ladies. 5E*&£?*&&££
teed.
Do you need a Suit or Overcoat?   We have the new black
and white strip effects that are the popular thing this fall,
_J        also the short, two button, bouble breasted "Suits for Men
\- and boys.    Overcoats from $5.00 to $16,50.   Every one a leader.   We are the
I,  leaders of everything in our line.
Shoes, Men's, $1.00 up.
"      Ladies' $1.00 up.
Shoes,   Girls',   50c    up
Chrildren's 25c up
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Agents for Bail Band and Boston Rubbers.
You don't make a mistake when you buy footwear here.
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Everything
Guaranteed
Satisfactory
Buy your Yarns
here. Fine line
at Lowest Prices
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Agricultural Resources Now Evident.   The Brand Ranch
and the Development of Arthur Township.
HIGH L«, FINE CROPS AN0 THOROUGHBRED STOCK.
A Pen Picture of a Ten-Mile Trip Northeast from Clare.
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■ Clare county is not what she has
■been too often reputed to be, a wil-
\ derness of pine barrens. True it is
i that her lumber resources have been
'-, "well nigh exhausted and now he who
I-catches a glimpse of parts of the
'pounty as he glides through on the
./'trains concludes that there is not
'.jmuch else but a barren -waste, dotted
/i-with innumerable black stumps while
X here and there, skirting the southern
•   edge of the county, are oases, where
Through these ten miles there was as
far as the eye could reach, an endless
expanse of the finest land. ISot all of
it is yet stumped and brought under
cultivation. Stump fences abound.
The country looks new. Much remains to be done. But the agricultural resources are evident, and here
and there are herds of cattle and
flocks of sheep and large barns—yes,
some of the finest farms in the state.
At the end of our ten mile ride we
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SOME BATCNg   ON THE BRAND KANCH.
On the edge Of the endless wilderness
n*'i<-Hward, are a^ lew flourishing
^uoi?. Such was the impression the
'..-iter had when he came to the
.Ainfcy tbree and a half years ago and
fjrfiisthe impression of the average
viratorwho comes to Olare, the me-
* -i-jr-iisctthe county, on the south-
jji-fc Jet us take a trip to the interior.
-   ro'i a beautiful October morning
l &e started.   We wended our way
i\      tfe& straight north and then four
fi     ;   faxfcher   north    and    east.
find ourselves on the Brand ranch, in
the southeastern part of the township of Arthur. This ranch, this farm
to be, is .1,000 acres in area and
at the present rate of development inside of five years will be unsurpassed
anywhere in the state. The land is
not monotonously flat, just rolling
enough to be healthy for stock.
The middle branch of the Tobacco
river flows through it and with its
bed of gravel is most healthful for
cattle in the hot summer season. At
the southern edge of the farm a man
and wife living in a "prairie schooner"
were engaged in building a log house.
Thus had they lived for two weeks
having recently purchased forty acres
of uncleared land and bravely they
were facing the problem of making a
home. But immediately north of
them there was a forty acre field of
the "dnest, newly seeded land. "Sot,
a sfrimp in it, not broken in the least
but slightly rolling, fenced with the
best of wire fencing, this forty acre
field showed an abundance of young
clover and timothy, a promise^of what
their forty acres would yet be. To
date about 160 acres of the ranch have
been more or less cleared. In addition
to the forty acre field mentioned
above we noticed a twenty acre wheat
field from which "720 bushels of grain
had been taken, 56 acres of hay from
which i30 loads, 28 hundred weight to
the load, had been lodged in the barn
and 27 acres of corn just being cut.
Right beside these rich crops there
is a single field of 500 acres fenced and,
with an adjoining field of 240 acres,
capable of supporting from early
spring to late fall, 400 head of cattle.
Under the direction of Wm. Rhodes,
the foreman of the ranch, we proceeded across this 500 acre plot of virgin land. The stumps are all 'there.
The soil is clay and clay loam.
Clover and timothy abound, all grown
in' by nature's own handiwork and tne
presense of cattle during the last three
years. In several directions as far as
the eye could reach there was nothing
but an endless expanse of black stumps.
now dreary the aspect but with the
knowledge of the resources „ of the
land \yhat a future, yet to be! Well
out to the center of the field mounting a stump, Mr. Ehodes began calling
"Co-boys, Co-boys." At the call the
cattle grazing lazily between the
stumps raise their heads and with
their answering lowing gather from
all directions to the waving of a white
handkerchief they take to be salt.
They come" right close up eager for
salt, and not averse .to being petted,
168 strong. With a big red steer as a
leader and quietly following Mr.
Ehodes, almost in single file half a
mile long, they go to the cattle park
where they are photographed as given
above. In the spring these 168 cattle
were driven in from Saginaw county,
so poor that some of, them had to be
brought in wagons. Now they weigh
from 800 to 1,300 pounds a head, hav-
Everything to Wear.    Lowest Prices.
Special Values v.;    |
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Hosiery & Underwear |
Clothing Dept. Specials
Men's Fur Overcoats.
u« vaiue we are entering oannoi;
$15 to $25
We are now showing the most complete line of
Fur Overcoats ever carried in the city. Made of O-al-
, loway Skin, Dog Skin and others furs. Every coat is
guaranteed moth proof and has wrist protectors in-
the sleeves. We have marked them at a very close
I margin of profit, and the_value we are offering cannot
be duplicated. The
prices range from
Children's1 Suits.
Pleated Norforlk Suits, ages .4 to 12 years, in
new dark Oassimeres in the fljn **fp fl»Q tn' Od nn
latest styles, per suit $ZilU} $3iOU; ijrrilJU
CHILDREN'S SUITS, ages
4 to 8, reduced to close, values up     d^4 E*nZ f\
to $3.00, at per suit
New Line of Men's Suits.
Heavy Gray Oassimeres, neat
stripe  patterns, well made and    Cfc£-5k _^\f\
perfect fitting, per suit ^PO'Vv
Fancy dark wool Oassimeres, rfK £* ^% ^\
stylish patterns, per suit ^P^/'V-X V**/
New double breasted Suit
in fine all wool fancy oassimeres, dj^H[ *^% (^\ f\
per suit ^l_£_'\J\J
A Few Specials from our
Cloak Department.
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Ladies' 26-in all wool Kersey ^ |—» ^ ^   I
$io J
Jackets, castor, black or red
Ladies'45-in Automobile Coats,
fine all wool Kersey, black or castor ___      _
.   Children's long Coats, made *Jj* f^ j^k f\   a
from Heavy Melton, red or blue       *mP_(__ml\*r\Jr   I
Children's long Coats, made I
from   heavy Beav-er, sateen and (d^fST -f\-f\   I
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velvet trimmed, blue,,red or castor
$500
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New Dress Trimmings.
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Silk Appligues in white or black, fine Venice. {
Bands, Galloons and Medalleon, in cream white and fj|
ecru.   A very extensive assort- 4 c„ *n (PO nn nor uf| ■
ment, ranging in price from      lUu IU 0/iUU Pel jU ■„
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NEW WAISTS.
Fine all wool Tricot Flannel,
tucked or plain front,
Fine French Twill Flannel,
tucked front
Fancy  -Wool   Waists,   new
Styles
$LOO
2.O0
$3.00
Taffeta Silk Waists, black and    OPT  AA
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colors, the best 5.00 waist in the market
Skinner Satin Waists, black
and dark red, warranted to wear
Moire  Silk  Waists,   black  or
white
5..00 I
5.00
Special Values In Fancy
Neck Ribbons, 10c per yd,
Davy & Co.
Lowest Prices in
Blankets and Comforters
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ing increased on an average about 300
pounds a piece. 2-Tot a single one has
been lost during the summer and now
jftost of them are ready for the market.
It is indeed a pleasing sight to wander out through rich pasture lands
even though they may not yet be entirely cleared of stumps and see a
herd of Hereford cattle with their
characterestic white faces, grazing
quietly on the very land reputed to be
a barren wilderness. We counted
thirty-five Herefords in all and of
these sixteen are thorough-hreds,—
cows, heifers and calves.   Here also is
a horse barn, ice house, corn cribs and
a wind mill from which water is carried in undergroud pipes to all the
different buildings, together make an
equipment that is at least suggestive
of a farm worthy of the best part of
the state. /A substantial frame house
appears in the foreground, but this is
soon to be replaced by a modern residence.
There is a wonderful agricultural
development going on in Arthur township and the northern part of Sheri-
den and it is to J. P. Brand of Saginaw more than to any other man that
a'fine thorough-bred Hereford bull, a
a photograph *of which we give above,
weighing 2,300 pounds registered iri
the annals of prime stock as Jamboree,
No. 93,813. Mr. Brand proposes to
continue the developing of high grade
Hereford stock and his example proves
most helpful to the farming comfhun-
iby centering around Olare.
Already the possibilities of the farm
to be are in evidence. Outbuildings
worthy of a modern farm arc coming
into being. As shown in the cut on
this page one bank barn with stone
foundation is of considerable proportions—100x40 with 20 foot posts, 41
feet from roof to floor. Above the
nine foot foundation "*it is used entirely for storing crops, wliile below
with its cement-floor there are all the
conveniences of a modern barn for
feeding and caring for stock. Another barn, 60x40, adjoins, equipped for
other purposes.   Sheds for machinery,
it is due. Asa member of the.firm
that lumbei'ed that part of the county,
he learned of the value of the land and
in 1889 acquired ownership of over
4,000 acres. ITive years ago when it
was apparently a barren wilderness,
when some even scoffed at his*, undertaking,, he* dared: begin its development. Great were -the difficulties at
first. There were no residents for
several miles, no roads,, no ditches. At
the very start, however, he was very
fortunate in securing, the services of
Wm. Ehodes, himself the owner a
Valuable farm several miles southwest of the Brand ranch, who has
been the overseer of all that has been
done and of much material assistance
in the general plan followed in the
development. Mrs.' Rhodes also has
lived on the ranch and done much* to
give the right tone to things as
Changes have gone on. Virtually
a colony was started.    Inducements
were held out to settlers to go in there,
make their homes and clear up the
land. Farms were acquired on such
liberal terms that in some cases no
money wds paid down. Settlers were
allowed for clearing up land and in
some cases in two or three years they
earned enough in this way to pay half
the purchase price. Besides, they
were given employment now and then
by Mr. Brand on his ranch to give
them some ready cash. About a
thousand dollars have been paid out to
these settlers for clearing land and today fifty per cent of the agreed purchase price has been paid without
the actual transferal of very much
money. Many of the settlers came
from Ohio and Indiana^ driving
through in their "prairie schooners"
and of these Geo. Cooper lead the way,
at the least for the Ohio men. A year
ago no less than seven of these covered
wagons were'gathered at one place at
J themselves owners of valuable prop-
'erty. A good many land changes are
going on, all giving the first settler a
little more control of actual yalues.
Tor example Milo Eobinett bought
forty acres from Mr. Brand in 1897 at
$5 per acre, Recently he sold it for
$20 per acre, even that being a inoder-.,
ate price, and bought 80 acres a little
farther north, for very nearly the price
of the forty sold.
Mrs. Brand recently visited, the
ranch for the first time and so much
was she pleased with the outlook that
a modern cobble stone residericie is
soon to take the place of the present
frame structure. Some lumber for
the building is already on the jfround,
and it is a striking example Of how
rapidly changes come to a new country
that lumber is now imported irgm
Canada to build a house in the Very
tract of land from which 60,000,000
feet of lumber was taken twelvp years
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Jambobbe, No. 93,813.   Weight 2,300 Pounds.
onetime, waiting to complete deals
for taking up land. But after the
Start had been made and visitors - saw
what the land would produce the rest
was easy. The development went forward. Roads were laid out, ditches
dug and two school houses erected.-
Some of the farms adjoining the
ranch are already well developed with
substantial homes and good outbuildings while others pf these sturdy pioneers are still in the struggling stage
with only shanties for "residences". But
they are all in the way of malting
ago.       - -    .
The development of the agricultural"
resources of Clare-county goes steadily
on. Many of the business-men of
Clare are developing farms which they
own not far from the city!; white
others, before prices shall become", too
high, are seeking to Invest- in some
good land."" And a few years iience
when much of the county shall have
beeiL ievei0P.ea\ great* will be the
credit due to such men as Mr. Brand
whose enterprising faith makes poss£
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